beware.... LOOOOOOOOOOOONG post FULL of pictures!!!

oh man, what an eventful month of july it has been!!! the past 2 weeks have been CRAZY!!! i think i am just gonna let the pictures do the talking:

chandler teaching my mom how to use the IPAD on the way home from vegas! :)

family picture!! :) in front of some statue in vegas...

mama and i in the m and m factory!!!! cutest m and m picture EVER!

world of M and M's.

chandler and i, striking a FAB pose in front of a fountain on the strip! :)

and the most awkward picture of all:

THIS ONE!

no idea why i chose to stand this way, whatevs.

standin in front of the st george temple.

temple count for this trip, 2: st george and Vegas! :)

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNND the most embarrassing moment of this trip. bloggers, get excited. thiiiiiis is a good one. SO...... when we got on the strip, we went to the bathroom in a bomb casino. and the stall doors looked like this. so me, being a little gilbert girl, got SOOOOo excited to see something like this, so i wanted to take a picture with it. but then, my mom got the idea to have me put my hand on the handle... so as i did, this lady started walking out of the bathroom. good job mama for capturing the photo RIGHT at the greatest moment ever!!!

and of course, THIS!!! here is my friend, she is a dwarf, and was barely taller than the fire hydrant. i liked her! :) hahahah

okay NO more vegas, here is what else you have missed these past 2 weeks or so:

Elder Clare. this kid has been one of my best friends since junior high, and man am i gonna miss him. here is us standing outside of rositas. good luck elder!! :)

oh, hayden and brooks. these 2 boys. awesome.

so every morning we would wake up at 4:40 and be at brimhall around 5:15 to start swim practice by 5:30. we have 4 boys, brooks, hayden, bennett, and gunner. they are dorks. but we love them. they goof off and mess around, and really know how to push our buttons, yet they are always so nice and care and willing to do whatever we ask them, which makes it nice as a coach! they call me "rea rea" and kelsey "great white!" bennett and gunner left a little while ago for family vacations, so here are the remaining 2. thanks boys for a great summer! :)

this here is calvin. with us coaches. calvin is such a good 13 14 swimmer. really. you have NO idea. he got a trophy for being high point runner up and we are SOOO proud of him!!! calvin also was our junior guard this summer, and not gonna lie, my favorite one of all. he always helped me with lessons and with coaching, and was always willing to do whatEVER we would ask him too! thanks calvin for all your hard work!!! your positive attitude went a long way and our entire staff really appreciated it! :)

i am so extremely sad to be done coaching this summer, but cant wait to come back to brimhall next summer and continue the fun!!!! i loved each and every one of my kids and always had the biggest smile on my face after i was done coaching! their love for swimming made me love it so much more too. they were so fun to cheer on and watch swim!!! i really do love my little hammer head swimmers and wish them the best of luck with the school year!! :)